Big Ideas Live: Can the UK become a science superpower?

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🗓️ 21 November 2022

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

Jeremy Hunt, the chancellor, wants to turn the UK into the next Silicon Valley. The question many scientists are asking is: How? Although there were no cuts to science and technology in Mr Hunt’s autumn statement, those in the field say a lot more must be done to realise the government's ambition.

For a special Sky News Daily, Tom Clarke, our science and technology editor, is joined by a panel of experts for Sky’s Big Ideas live event in London to discuss whether the UK can be a science and technology superpower. His guests include Mark Walport, the former chief scientific adviser to the government, Daniel Korski, chief executive of Public, and Zoe McDougall, from Oxford Nanopore Technologies.

Producer: Emma Rae Woodhouse
Editor: Philly Beaumont

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0:00.0	What's holding Britain back? We have some of the best scientists and engineers in the world
0:06.5	and make some world-leading scientific discoveries, but all too often fail to turn them into
0:12.0	technologies and businesses that benefit our economy and society. So can the UK become a science
0:18.6	superpower? Hello, I'm Tom Clark, Sky Science and Technology Editor
0:22.9	and host for a special episode of Sky News Daily. Special because, as you can probably tell
0:30.1	from all the background noise, I'm not tucked away in our recording studio. I'm here at Sky News's
0:34.7	Big Ideas Live Event 2022 in Shortwich in East London.
0:40.5	You might be wondering at this point what Big Ideas Live is.
0:43.7	Well, it's an interactive event exploring the science and technology revolution unfolding around us.
0:51.2	I'm sitting next to a stand smelling the aroma of 3D printed meat sizzling behind me.
1:00.0	Mmm.
1:01.0	That tastes so realistic.
1:03.0	That goes so good.
1:04.0	It literally feels, looks and smells even.
1:08.0	It actually does taste like the real thing.
1:10.0	There's a robot dog chasing people around the event space here as well.
1:15.1	Spot the dog. He's not moving. Oh my God, he's dancing. Wow.
1:21.0	Here with me today are my Sky News colleagues, industry leaders, experts, of course, all our guests who are joining us for the
1:27.6	conversation as we ask who owns the future.
1:32.7	In particular, I'm going to be delving into whether the UK can be a science and technology
1:37.3	powerhouse. And here with me to answer that is my excellent panel of guests. Daniel Korski,
1:43.2	who's the CEO of Public,
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